The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 14, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
1:42 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.93° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.52° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.