The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
4:01 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2767
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.95° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.93° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.