The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 2052
Last Quarter
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1604
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 272.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.43° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.32° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.64° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.