The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
5:48 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 220.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 16.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.52° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.80° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| 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.