The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 2143
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
11:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2730
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 103.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.51° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.42° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.56° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.