The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
6:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1864
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 | 172.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.67° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.15° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.