The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2069
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 AM
8:03 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1815
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 138.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -5.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.67° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.63° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.