The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2039
Waning Crescent
3.5% 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
5:06 AM
7:16 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1443
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 | 339.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.4° / 170.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 26m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.67° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.07° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 123.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.