The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1917
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
6:25 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 169.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.23° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.13° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 351.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.