The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
5:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 355.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 44m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.08° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.57° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.40° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.