The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2118
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
8:32 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2421
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 130.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -10.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.29° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.75° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.