The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 15, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% 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
5:51 PM
2:49 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2668
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.7° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 36m / -20.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.32° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.39° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.68° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.