The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1934
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
11:17 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 145
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 | 79.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 106.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -26.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.24° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.34° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.