The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 2068
Waning Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
10:45 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1802
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 | 221.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.29° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.23° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.