The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 21, 2013
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 PM
9:37 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 309.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.43° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.69° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.