The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1932
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
9:56 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 120
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.74° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.74° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.58° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.