The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 13, 2117
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
9:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2408
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 306.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 8.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.50° / 1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.68° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.4° |
| 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.