The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2087
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
10:38 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2037
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 13.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.39° / 1.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / -1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.03° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| 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.