The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% 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
5:56 PM
5:00 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -251
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 11.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -4.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.85° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.24° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.