The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 16, 2017
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
5:39 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.4° / 225.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 16.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.68° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.37° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.