The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1922
Waning Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
5:13 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -4
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 | 310.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 25m / 14.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.87° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.75° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.