The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
12:56 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.63° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.10° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.