The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2181
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3200
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 | 83.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.36° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.38° / -4.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.75° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.