The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
6:33 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -16
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 337.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -2.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.14° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.