The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1987
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 79°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
79°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 800
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 | 277.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 28.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.82° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.88° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.88° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.