The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 2091
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
8:46 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2087
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.9° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -0.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.69° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.34° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.