The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 PM
6:35 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1530
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 | 173.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.7° / 337.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -2.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.36° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.52° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.