The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2076
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
10:08 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1901
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 58m / 7.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.12° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.81° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| 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.