The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2074
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
5:56 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1876
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 | 317.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 18.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.23° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.78° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.