The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 2132
Waxing Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 PM
10:29 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2594
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 1.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 109.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.80° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.80° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.