The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 1953
Waxing Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
10:38 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 380
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 | 69.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -24.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.27° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.75° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.