The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2045
Waxing Crescent
36.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
10:49 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.1%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1518
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 | 73.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.89° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.30° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.61° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.