The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% 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
7:56 PM
6:26 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1196
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -9.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.88° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.88° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 209.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.