The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1914
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
4:28 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -103
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.6° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 58m / 24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.84° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.13° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.48° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.