The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2088
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
8:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2050
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 | 19.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 132.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.56° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.81° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.