The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
5:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2198
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 | 159.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 354.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.15° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / 0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.95° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.