The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
4:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1629
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -12.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.92° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.09° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.