The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 1950
Waxing Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
10:05 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 114.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.87° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.44° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.