The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 2052
Waning Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
4:11 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1604
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 | 294.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.0° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 22m / 16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.57° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.05° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.