The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1931
Waxing Crescent
37.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
10:55 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 375,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 108
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 | 75.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -26.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.87° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.98° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.03° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.