The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 2069
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
7:04 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1814
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 350.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 161.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.13° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.91° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.