The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 2150
Waning Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
4:22 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2816
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 263.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.03° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.14° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.