The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2173
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% 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
4:56 PM
12:44 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3101
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 | 112.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 13m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.27° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.41° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.91° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.