The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1907
First Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
11:09 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -189
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 105.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.94° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.20° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.