The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 1917
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 AM
5:39 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.6° / 201.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.45° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.41° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.