The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 2038
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
8:04 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1431
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 309.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / -2.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.06° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.