The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 1947
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
7:36 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 305
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 | 344.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 159.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.40° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.73° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 128.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.