The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 1930
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 95
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 | 280.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 14m / 28.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.06° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.89° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.