The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 1939
Waxing Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
8:21 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 207
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.2° / 134.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.69° / -1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.36° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.