The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 2099
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
9:08 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2186
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 | 41.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 123.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -17.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.78° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.32° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.