The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
2:58 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2903
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 | 134.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.3° / 48.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.54° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.40° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.88° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.8° |
| 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.