The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 1973
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
9:22 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 205.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 312.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 11.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.89° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.48° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.