The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2015
Waxing Crescent
24.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:39 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.2%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 108.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.13° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.45° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.