The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1900
Waning Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 20.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.42° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.81° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.35° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.