The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2079
Waning Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
2:37 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1938
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 | 262.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 27.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.59° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.02° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.