The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1920
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
10:40 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -28
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 | 62.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 38m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.47° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.19° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.27° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.