The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1909
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
8:17 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -164
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 133.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -7.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.62° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.50° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.22° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.