The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2129
Waxing Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 AM
9:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2557
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 119.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.01° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.58° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.48° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.