The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1942
First Quarter
49.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.7%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.61° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.57° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.