The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2104
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
5:37 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2247
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 217.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 13.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.41° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.39° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.