The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:14 PM
1:03 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -189
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.48° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.63° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.