The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 20, 2013
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
8:32 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.12° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.52° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.