The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
3:06 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 182
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 48.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -14.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.87° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.12° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.