The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
83.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
2:33 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.7%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 56.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -23.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.77° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.10° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.