The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 2031
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
6:22 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1344
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 184.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.40° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.28° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.