The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 2099
Waxing Crescent
5.8% 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
9:35 AM
8:38 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2186
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -10.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.95° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.55° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.