The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 1917
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
7:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 139.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.61° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.45° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.