The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2033
Waning Crescent
30.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
4:08 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.2%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1369
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.65° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.25° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.