The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1951
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
8:23 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 355
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.51° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / -2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.03° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.