The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 2019
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
8:21 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1196
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 | 196.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 307.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / -1.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.68° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.98° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.47° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.