The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 13, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
3:34 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 138.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 40m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.73° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.09° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.