The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 1980
Waxing Crescent
41.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 79.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.47° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.16° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.