The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
78.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 PM
2:06 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.3%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 281
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 | 124.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 66.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -22.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.71° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.53° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.