The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2023
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
8:09 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 2.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.13° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.80° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.