The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
4:28 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 150.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.5° / 14.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.89° / 2.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.29° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.