The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 7, 2013
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.32° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.00° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.