The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 1995
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
1:34 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 256.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.09° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.50° / 4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.23° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.