The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 13, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
1:46 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1728
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 47m / -25.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.05° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.87° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| 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.