The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2044
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
5:04 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1505
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 | 296.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 259.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 34m / 25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.03° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.51° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.7° |
| 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.