The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 2030
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
11:04 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1332
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 16.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.35° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.82° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.81° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.