The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 1917
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 AM
6:02 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 1.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.31° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.64° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.