The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1938
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 277.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 05m / 20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.04° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.24° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.