The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
2:05 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1555
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 | 121.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.6° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 55m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.16° / 2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.38° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.