The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2001
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
7:05 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 973
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.8° / 180.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.69° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.46° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.