The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1946
Waning Gibbous
87.0% 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
9:50 PM
10:37 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.51° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.85° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.27° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.5° |
| 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.