The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2107
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 AM
8:00 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2285
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 140.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -2.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.65° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.23° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.