The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2137
Waxing Crescent
1.7% 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
8:28 AM
8:05 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2656
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -5.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.83° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.16° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.