The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
4:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 83
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 | 153.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 4.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.31° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.54° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.