The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 2054
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
7:37 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1629
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 | 186.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.3° / 318.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / -2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.57° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.43° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.