The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 PM
5:44 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 346.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -8.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.03° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.32° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.