The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2130
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
6:55 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2569
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / -6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.35° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.09° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.25° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 166.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.