The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 2037
First Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1419
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -20.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.85° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.58° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.98° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.