The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
1:03 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 79.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.18° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.64° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.