The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 1939
Waxing Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
9:00 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 30.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 125.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.38° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.13° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.