The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2007
Waxing Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
9:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.09° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.45° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.