The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 2098
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
11:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2173
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 299.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.96° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / -2.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.26° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.