The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2016
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
8:04 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 314.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.14° / -2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.02° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.