The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
7:33 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1171
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 152.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 27m / 6.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.92° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.05° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.