The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 PM
12:45 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 85.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -24.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.79° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / 2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.52° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.