The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1960
Waning Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
5:53 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 466
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 | 321.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 211.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 13.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.66° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.38° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.