The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2154
Waxing Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
12:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2866
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 82.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -27.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.52° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.01° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.73° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.