The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
2:39 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 652
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 | 126.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.06° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.92° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.