The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
1:07 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1926
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 81.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -26.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.24° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.53° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.