The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
9:49 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1060
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 | 209.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 24m / 13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.71° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.62° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.