The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
2:49 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 52.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.36° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.05° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.34° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.