The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 2009
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
6:48 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Saturn 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 | 344.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 169.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.80° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.83° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.26° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.