The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1959
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
7:45 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 454
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 0.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.45° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.