The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 1996
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
8:03 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 912
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 139.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.05° / -0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.16° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.