The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1909
Waxing Crescent
4.0% 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
7:55 AM
7:55 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -164
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 140.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -2.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.80° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.45° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.