The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 2086
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2025
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 | 83.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -21.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.91° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -0.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.34° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.