The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2170
Waxing Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
10:57 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3064
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 106.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.47° / 0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.63° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.18° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.