The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2079
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
12:07 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1938
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 | 236.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.36° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.34° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.64° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.