The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2145
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
8:05 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2755
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 | 9.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.31° / -0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.62° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.