The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 1950
Waxing Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
8:57 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 33.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 125.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 29m / -11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.90° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.89° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.