The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2060
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
2:48 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1703
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.2° / 283.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 27.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.74° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.20° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.