The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 2140
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:27 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2693
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 131.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 59m / -11.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.17° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.68° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.