The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 1941
Last Quarter
51.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 231
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 272.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.83° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.70° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.