The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2046
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
9:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1530
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 | 206.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 312.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 12.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.96° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.01° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.