The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2005
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
6:29 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 330.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -6.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.07° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.38° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.