The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1927
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
2:22 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 22.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.72° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.02° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.