The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 2014
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
5:02 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 231.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 30m / 13.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.35° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.87° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.