The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 1916
Waning Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
10:33 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -78
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.07° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.93° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.