The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 2053
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
11:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1617
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 57m / -15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.29° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.02° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.04° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.