The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1960
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
5:16 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 466
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 | 310.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.60° / -3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.16° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.