The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
6:14 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3039
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 | 171.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 331.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -9.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.82° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.31° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.9° |
| 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.