The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1981
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
8:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 726
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 | 200.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.2° / 305.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 0.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.29° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.07° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.