The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 2015
First Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
12:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 88.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.88° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.84° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.