The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2049
Waning Gibbous
72.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:43 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1567
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.05° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.78° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.