The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 2052
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
1:20 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1604
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 25m / 16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.19° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.45° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.