The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
6:16 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2235
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 342.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.35° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.31° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.