The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1943
Waning Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:53 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 256
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 | 214.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.94° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.63° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| 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.