The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2098
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
1:19 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2173
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 | 248.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 291.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 24.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.76° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.30° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.64° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.