The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1996
Waxing Crescent
21.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 AM
10:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 912
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 13m / -14.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.79° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.25° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.