The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 16, 2057
Waning Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
10:46 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1666
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.76° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.19° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.