The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 PM
1:25 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2965
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 | 111.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 74.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.38° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.16° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.