The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
3:01 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.31° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.24° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.