The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2023
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
8:29 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.18° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.57° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.