The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
59.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:41 PM
12:21 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.3%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 281
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 | 100.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.1° / 89.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.01° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.91° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.