The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
81.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
2:53 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2297
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 52.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.47° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.72° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.