The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2057
Waning Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
9:42 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1666
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 | 211.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 5.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.97° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.02° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.