The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2000
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
11:00 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 226.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 43m / 10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.67° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.22° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.