The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2106
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
10:33 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 219.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 301.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 13.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.85° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.83° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.