The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 1919
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
3:24 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -41
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.68° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.64° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.