The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 PM
3:37 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 652
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 | 138.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 37.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -12.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.22° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.74° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.