The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2102
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
10:03 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2223
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 24m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.57° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.41° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.