The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
3:26 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1827
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 | 135.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.79° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.14° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.94° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| 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.