The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 1973
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
8:15 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 192.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 5.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.38° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.31° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.