The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 2109
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
12:04 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2309
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 13.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.34° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.46° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.