The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
2:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 134.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.3° / 53.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -23.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.83° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.71° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.