The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2017
Waxing Crescent
12.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
9:41 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.4%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 117.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 43m / -10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.65° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.04° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.