The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1949
Waning Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
4:14 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 330
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.8° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 27m / 28.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.98° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.68° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| 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.