The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2044
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
5:43 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1505
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.2° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 21.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.38° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -3.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.73° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.