The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 2072
Waxing Crescent
2.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
8:46 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.93° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.14° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.