The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
5:48 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2804
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 | 166.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 338.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -11.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.80° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.10° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.