The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 13, 1953
Waxing Crescent
24.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
9:57 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 380
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 | 58.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 115.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.02° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.96° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.