The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 2059
Waxing Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
11:06 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1691
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 | 73.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.83° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.92° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.