The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1946
Waning Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
2:15 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.4° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 59m / 22.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.08° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.82° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.