The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3138
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 11.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -11.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.12° / 1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.89° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.