The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 13, 2079
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
9:41 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1938
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 | 210.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 304.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.56° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.28° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.