The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 2106
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
9:28 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 207.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 308.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.52° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.66° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.