The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2117
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:45 PM
1:44 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2408
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 | 252.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 18m / 25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.23° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.43° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.