The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 1946
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
9:26 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 300.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.36° / -4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.76° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.09° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.