The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 1930
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
12:40 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 95
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.0° / 291.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 20m / 20.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.98° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.29° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.