The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2123
Waning Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
5:40 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2482
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.1° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 12.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.58° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.20° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.