The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2121
Waxing Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
9:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2458
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 124.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -17.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.54° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.05° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.