The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 2017
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
9:08 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 123.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.12° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.26° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.