The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1973
Waning Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
10:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 217.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.58° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.65° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.