The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 1958
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:33 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 57.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.08° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.65° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.89° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.