The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
5:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 163.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 349.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.57° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.74° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.