The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 13, 1976
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:56 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 664
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 | 236.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 01m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.43° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.25° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.