The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2000
Waning Gibbous
96.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
8:51 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.2%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 202.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 03m / 1.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.11° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.87° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.