The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2052
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
3:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1604
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 | 281.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.57° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.46° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.85° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.