The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 1917
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
8:21 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.0° / 131.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 45m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.01° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.97° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.23° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.