The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 1952
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 AM
6:04 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 367
Events on this date
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.4° / 216.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 17.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.94° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / -0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.60° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.