The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 1950
Waxing Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 AM
9:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.6° / 119.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -17.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.40° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.73° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.66° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.