The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 1976
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
3:20 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 664
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 | 280.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.66° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.04° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| 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.