The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
87.7% 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
5:49 PM
3:34 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.28° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.07° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.67° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.