The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:56 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 25.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 125.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -5.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.32° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.12° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.