The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1901
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
7:53 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.79° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.43° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.01° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.