The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1981
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
9:54 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.87° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.24° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.