The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1927
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
10:45 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 58
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 | 224.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 294.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.93° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.