The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 21, 2017
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
8:37 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.32° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.49° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.