The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
95.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
4:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 553
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 | 156.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.8° / 355.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.06° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.15° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.