The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
1:10 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 281
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 | 112.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 80.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.65° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.72° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.