The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1963
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 AM
6:22 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 503
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 | 322.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 212.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.42° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.63° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.