The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 2069
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:33 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1815
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 | 24.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 130.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -8.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.67° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.40° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.