The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 1912
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
9:40 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -127
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 118.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -25.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.81° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.31° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.