The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 17, 2152
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:28 PM
10:39 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2841
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 | 220.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.8° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 12.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.22° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.91° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.02° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.