The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 13, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
2:13 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 318
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 | 128.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 65.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -25.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.01° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.29° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.