The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2036
Waning Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 AM
5:36 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1406
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.1° / 229.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 17.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.05° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.74° / 1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.17° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.