The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2096
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
8:23 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2149
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 133.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.83° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.26° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.