The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
4:09 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 182
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 | 144.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.7° / 25.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -10.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.78° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.95° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| 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.