The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2074
Waning Crescent
29.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
4:28 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1876
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.04° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 2.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.34° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.