The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2047
Waning Crescent
12.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
5:44 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.3%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1542
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 319.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.7° / 216.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 14.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.78° / -2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.40° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.