The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
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Jupiter 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 | 108.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -25.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.11° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.25° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.