The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2102
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
8:48 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2223
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 | 35.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.17° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.54° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.86° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.