The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1938
Waning Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
12:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 291.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 17.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.58° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / 0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.86° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.