The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% 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
7:04 PM
5:41 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1963
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 | 163.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 346.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 41m / -9.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.36° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 1.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.55° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.