The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
2:30 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 129.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 60.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 27m / -22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.57° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.14° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.