The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 14, 2187
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
3:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3274
Events on this date
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 23.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.74° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.06° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.