The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 1984
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
10:10 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 298.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 8.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.75° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.68° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.