The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 9, 2013
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
10:05 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 114.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -14.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.01° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.54° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.