The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
12:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1122
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 | 102.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -19.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.60° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.71° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.