The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 13, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
4:25 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1864
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.0° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.27° / 0.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.50° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.