The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1946
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:49 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 293
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 | 235.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.9° / 291.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 14.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.72° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.45° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.