The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 1979
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
5:11 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 308.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 235.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.78° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.75° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.