The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
5:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.9° / 4.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -6.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.22° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.99° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.