The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 2031
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
5:52 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1344
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 206.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.25° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.05° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.