The Moon on this date

Moon on Saturday, September 14, 2019

Full Moon Harvest MoonMicromoon

99.6% illuminated · waning

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
42°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
99.6%
Age
15.2 days
Distance
406,000 km
Apparent size
29.4′
Constellation
Aquarius
Lunation number
1196

Events on this date

  1. Full Moon Harvest MoonMicromoon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

Exact values

For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun185.20°
Phase angle7.04°
Illuminated fraction99.62%
Altitude / azimuth-47.4° / 315.6°
Right ascension / declination23h 56m / -5.67°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude356.76° / -4.77°
Libration in longitude / latitude-1.64° / 6.61°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude-6.29° / 1.47°
Position angle of the axis336.0°
Position angle of the bright limb113.7°
Apparent magnitude-12.4

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

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