The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1901
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
9:03 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 124.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.46° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.57° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.