The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 1996
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
8:35 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 19.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / -4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.43° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.93° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.