The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 1946
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
1:03 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 00m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.92° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.63° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.