The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1912
Waxing Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
10:24 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -127
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 | 82.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 113.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -27.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.37° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.10° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.