The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 2159
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
8:47 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2928
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° 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 | 34.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 127.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.77° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.88° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.86° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.