The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2004
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:17 AM
8:48 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1011
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 | 25.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -6.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.57° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.56° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.16° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.