The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 2015
Waxing Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
8:26 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.54° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.35° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.