The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
6:38 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2705
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 338.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.47° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.70° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.