The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1691
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 | 97.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.8° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -26.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.58° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.52° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| 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.