The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
5:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1493
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 348.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 36m / -11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.43° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.95° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.