The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
1:53 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 46
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 | 121.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -22.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.60° / -1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.34° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| 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.