The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1936
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 AM
8:09 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 170
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 135.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.88° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.69° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.59° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.