The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
12:46 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.10° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.71° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.