The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1903
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
4:14 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 245.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.81° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.46° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.