The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 1906
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
6:31 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -202
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 183.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.38° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.62° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.