The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 2007
Waxing Crescent
22.6% 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
12:18 PM
9:45 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1048
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 | 56.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 117.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -22.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.93° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.23° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.