The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1979
Waning Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
4:29 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 23m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.77° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.53° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.