The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 1947
Waxing Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
9:23 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 306
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 120.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.02° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.39° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.34° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.