The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
1:42 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 117.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 71.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -20.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.21° / 1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.96° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.