The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 1952
Waning Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 AM
5:37 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 367
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 | 309.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.4° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.16° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.38° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.