The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2148
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
9:45 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2792
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -7.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.88° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.67° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.