The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2144
Waning Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
10:27 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2742
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.05° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.23° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.