The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 1943
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
8:43 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 256
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 | 200.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.0° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.68° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.46° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.