The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% 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
4:16 PM
12:54 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 46
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 | 108.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -22.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.57° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.52° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.