The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 2020
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
6:28 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.8° / 214.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.10° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.04° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.