The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1917
Waxing Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
9:03 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 124.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -22.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.60° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.01° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.