The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
8:24 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1097
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 | 194.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 318.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / 6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.57° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.69° / -1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.