The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1914
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
5:31 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -103
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 | 330.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.1° / 221.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 14.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.26° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / -0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.93° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.