The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 1954
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
9:21 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.52° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.68° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.