The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 2063
Waning Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
1:00 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1740
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 244.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 24.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.88° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.54° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.50° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.