The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
5:58 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1728
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 341.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.29° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.15° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.