The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 2050
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 AM
6:44 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 343.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.2° / 171.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 5.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.82° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.94° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.09° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.