The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2106
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
11:37 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2272
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 16.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.37° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.01° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.