The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 2001
Waning Crescent
11.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 AM
6:23 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 320.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 216.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.70° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / -3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.24° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.