The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2006
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 AM
5:05 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 295.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 26.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.59° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.89° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.