The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2004
Waxing Crescent
10.7% 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
10:27 AM
9:14 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1011
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 | 38.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.18° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.93° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.