The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1992
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
10:44 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 220.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.6° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 16.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.23° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.44° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.