The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1942
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
11:50 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.43° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.78° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.