The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Waxing Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:14 AM
9:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 119.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -9.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.14° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.89° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.