The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1953
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 PM
11:28 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 380
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 | 81.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.76° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.54° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.