The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Waxing Crescent
38.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
11:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 101.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.43° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.11° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.