The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2006
Waning Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
4:21 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 1035
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 28.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.01° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.68° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.