The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 1980
Waxing Crescent
31.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
11:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.7%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 68.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.28° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.37° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.