The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1938
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
1:13 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 251.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 285.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 06m / 19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.21° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.05° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.