The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
1:28 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 788
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 76.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 37m / -26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.66° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.90° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.