The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
1:22 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1258
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 | 119.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.82° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.28° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.