The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 13, 2021
First Quarter
47.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.9%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.7° / 98.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -24.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.54° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.33° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.