The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 1963
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
5:40 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 503
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 | 310.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 237.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.28° / 1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.41° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.