The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
5:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 385,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 356.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -10.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.96° / 1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.06° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.