The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2151
Waxing Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
11:28 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2829
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.63° / -0.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.73° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.77° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.