The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1943
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 PM
11:00 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 256
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 | 226.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 10.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.78° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.80° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.