The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 2085
Waning Crescent
16.5% 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
3:03 AM
5:22 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2012
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.81° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.57° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.