The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
4:38 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 151.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -10.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.26° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.91° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.