The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1906
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 AM
5:56 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -202
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 208.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 13.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.83° / 1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.39° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.