The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 2015
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
11:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.41° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.24° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.