The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
12:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -20.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.15° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.85° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.30° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.