The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2090
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2074
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.39° / -5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.05° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.26° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.