The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2050
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
7:39 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 5.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.52° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.44° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.