The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 7, 2017
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:57 PM
8:20 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 306.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -2.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.24° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / 4.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.60° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.