The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 1958
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
8:23 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 442
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 16.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.7° / 134.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.68° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.56° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.