The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
3:50 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1258
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 | 145.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 23.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 31m / -18.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.16° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.92° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.