The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2049
Waning Gibbous
62.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
1:39 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1567
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 | 255.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 283.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 37m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.64° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.50° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.97° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.