The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2155
Waning Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
12:11 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2878
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.76° / 4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.46° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.