The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
2:52 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 52.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.11° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.73° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.