The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 13, 2052
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
12:15 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1604
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 241.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 14.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.88° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.06° / 5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.26° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| 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.