The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
6:18 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 318
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 | 171.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 331.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -8.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.59° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.