The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 2109
Waning Gibbous
66.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
12:58 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2309
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 281.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 15.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.20° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.65° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.