The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
5:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 160.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 349.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -13.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.77° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.36° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.