The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 16, 2184
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% 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
5:26 PM
2:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3237
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 | 131.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 50.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.36° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.49° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| 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.