The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2164
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
7:13 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2989
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 5.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.28° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.75° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.