The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 2026
Waxing Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
9:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1283
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 122.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 04m / -17.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.91° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.85° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.