The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2134
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 AM
7:39 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2618
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.3° / 152.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.44° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.31° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.91° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.