The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 2075
First Quarter
50.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1889
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.23° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.37° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.