The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
67.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
12:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.6%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -189
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -22.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.15° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.81° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.