The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2103
Waning Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
8:50 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2235
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 | 198.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.2° / 317.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.89° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.94° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.03° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.