The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2105
Waxing Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 PM
11:49 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2260
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.46° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.75° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.