The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 1900
Waning Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
3:07 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.16° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.55° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.