The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 1995
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
12:41 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 899
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 286.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 16.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.09° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.04° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.