The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2113
Waxing Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
11:10 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2359
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.3° / 104.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.00° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.17° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.