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Moon Information For September 16 2017 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Moon September 16, 2017 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

The Moon information shown here applies to Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory on Saturday, September 16, 2017. (Local time Indian/Chagos)

Moonrise to moonset12h47m
Moonrise04:33
Moonset15:46
Distance to the center of the Sun150,396,661 km
Distance to the center of Earth366,281 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)23.2%
Lunar phasewaning
Current zodiac sign the MoonCancer ♋
Moon age (days past new moon)24.8

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in September 2017.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and AldebaranSeptember 12Aldebaran is 0.4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Beehive2017-09-16 20:50Beehive is 3.2 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and VenusSeptember 18Venus is 0.6 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and RegulusSeptember 18Regulus is 0.1 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterSeptember 22Jupiter is 4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnSeptember 27Saturn is 3.8 degrees South of the Moon.

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