The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2057
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
11:48 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1666
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 | 234.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 15m / 14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.22° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.38° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| 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.