The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
2:45 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3002
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.34° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.30° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.