The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2077
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
7:48 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.8° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 9.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.13° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.38° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.70° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 150.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.