The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2087
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
11:48 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2037
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 233.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 294.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.93° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.65° / 0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.21° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.