The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 1926
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 46
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 97.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -20.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.78° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.91° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.