The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 2105
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
11:02 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2260
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 106.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.67° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.80° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.96° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.