The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 2015
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 96.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -17.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.98° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.03° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.