The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1916
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:51 PM
12:41 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -78
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 | 252.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 25.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.44° / 3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.30° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.