The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 13, 1982
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
5:40 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 738
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 240.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 08m / 21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.54° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / -1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.22° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.