The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2174
Waning Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
12:37 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3113
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 | 240.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.48° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.26° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.