The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1954
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
11:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.15° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.03° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.