The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2007
Waxing Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
10:22 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1048
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 | 67.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -25.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.81° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.64° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.01° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.