The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
2:33 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1963
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.68° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.09° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.