The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 2015
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
4:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 249.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.95° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.04° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.