The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2179
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
7:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3175
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 | 187.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 57m / 4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.95° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 35.0° |
| 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.