The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 17, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
1:47 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1691
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 | 123.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -25.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.08° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.14° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.