The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 2007
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
8:28 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.7° / 130.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.30° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 4.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.90° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.