The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
2:29 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1827
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 | 124.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -15.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.37° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.25° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.12° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.