The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2088
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
9:00 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2050
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.57° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.58° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.