The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 13, 2009
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
4:29 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1072
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 24.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.62° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.36° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.37° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.