The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 2048
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
11:51 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1555
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 | 82.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 54m / -23.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.82° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.23° / 1.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.96° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.