The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 1930
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
4:58 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 95
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.5° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 27.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.17° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.10° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.