The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 AM
7:05 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1134
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 158.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / 0.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.96° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.77° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.