The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1985
Waxing Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
9:22 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 776
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 | 39.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.12° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.74° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.