The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2048
First Quarter
54.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1555
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 95.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.93° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.76° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.