The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 1924
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
11:25 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 21
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 | 231.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 11.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.17° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.20° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.