The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 2169
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3051
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 23.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.52° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.73° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.