The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2185
Waning Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
1:26 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3249
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 279.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.08° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.69° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.