The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 1961
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
11:01 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 63.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 105.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 39m / -14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.72° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.18° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.