The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 1950
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
10:51 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 343
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 109.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 22m / -26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.25° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.23° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.