The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1905
Waning Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
9:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 306.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.36° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.50° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.90° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.