The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
4:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1963
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.4° / 6.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -14.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.55° / -1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.80° / 2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.73° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.