The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 2060
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
1:36 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1703
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 | 252.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 288.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.72° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.01° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.