The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -24.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.68° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.71° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.