The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 14, 2180
Waning Crescent
26.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
4:27 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.9%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3187
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.38° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.99° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.16° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.