The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2038
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
10:59 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1431
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 294.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 39m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.88° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.60° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.