The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
4:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 355
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 | 155.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.5° / 1.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 53m / -14.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.63° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.48° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.