The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1949
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 330
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 28.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.20° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.66° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.48° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.