The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
1:35 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 118.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 75.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -24.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.72° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.32° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.