The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 2199
Waning Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
4:19 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3422
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 250.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 17.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.71° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.76° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.