The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2075
Waxing Crescent
39.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
11:40 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.1%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1889
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -19.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.24° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.12° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.57° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.