The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
5:18 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 347.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 33m / -13.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.72° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.75° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.