The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2073
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 PM
8:16 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1864
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 | 194.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 311.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.62° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.20° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.