The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2023
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
8:50 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 126.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.36° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.34° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.