The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 2017
Waning Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
3:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.51° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.93° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.