The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 1938
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
11:05 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 14.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.15° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.68° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.