The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2061
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 AM
9:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1716
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.73° / -2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.98° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.72° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.