The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2179
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
8:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3175
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 | 198.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 41m / 8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.00° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.43° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.04° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.