The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2060
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1703
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 | 277.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.46° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.40° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.