The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 2144
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
12:17 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2742
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 | 240.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 16.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.64° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.60° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.