The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 1951
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
9:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 355
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 | 206.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 310.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 12m / 11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.89° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.21° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.