The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 14, 2071
Waning Gibbous
75.2% 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
10:49 PM
12:06 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.69° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.42° / 5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.07° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.