The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2187
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
6:52 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3274
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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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 322.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -7.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.33° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.42° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 176.8° |
| 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.