The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
5:44 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1629
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 344.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -9.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.72° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.92° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.7° |
| 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.