The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 1961
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
11:44 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 75.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 99.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.81° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.97° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.