The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Waxing Crescent
29.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
10:17 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1283
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 113.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 45m / -25.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.65° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.41° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.