The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2061
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
8:31 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1716
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 130.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.93° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.18° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.