The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2147
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
1:26 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2779
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 | 256.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 279.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 31m / 16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.58° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.07° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.