The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 2144
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
11:23 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2742
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 | 229.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.5° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.83° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.42° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.