The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 2175
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
7:44 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3126
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 | 5.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 143.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.72° / -2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.99° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 318.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.