The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:38 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.56° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.53° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.