The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1914
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
7:50 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -102
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 138.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.17° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.05° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.93° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.