The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1911
Waning Crescent
28.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
4:07 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.2%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -140
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 27.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.72° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.52° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.79° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.