The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1949
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:14 PM
2:15 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 330
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 | 259.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.76° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.28° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.