The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 2168
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
7:16 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3039
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 318.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.63° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.86° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.