The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2158
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 AM
4:13 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2915
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 265.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.89° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.71° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.