The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2061
Waxing Crescent
8.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 AM
8:54 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.2%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1716
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 | 33.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.5° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.45° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.95° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.