The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
6:19 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.1° / 338.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 55m / -4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.20° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / -2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.