The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 16, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
3:59 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 28.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 11m / -10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.82° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.16° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.