The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 2018
Waxing Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
10:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 51.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.9° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 46m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.24° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.84° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.41° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.