The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2014
Waning Crescent
11.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
5:35 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.6%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 212.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 11.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.19° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.10° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.