The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1925
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
7:46 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.7° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 7.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.39° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.93° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.