The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1938
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 AM
3:10 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 276.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.09° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.44° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.