The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 1981
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
7:32 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 726
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 | 187.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -4.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.85° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.90° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.