The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2142
Waning Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
6:11 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2717
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 190.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.39° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.46° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.23° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.1° |
| 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.