The Moon on this date

Moon on Wednesday, September 13, 2141

Waxing Gibbous

93.0% illuminated · waxing

Shown at midday from Columbus, US.

Rise, set and path

Times for Columbus, US

Moonrise
E
Highest
41°
Moonset
W
Moon's height Daylight Twilight Night

Key figures

Illuminated
93.0%
Age
13.0 days
Distance
393,500 km
Apparent size
30.4′
Constellation
Aquarius
Lunation number
2705

Events on this date

  1. Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

Exact values

For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.

Elongation from the Sun149.58°
Phase angle30.60°
Illuminated fraction93.04%
Altitude / azimuth-60.1° / 16.0°
Right ascension / declination21h 27m / -10.66°
Ecliptic longitude / latitude320.65° / 4.15°
Libration in longitude / latitude-4.40° / -4.98°
Sub-solar longitude / latitude26.05° / -1.56°
Position angle of the axis342.6°
Position angle of the bright limb258.0°
Apparent magnitude-11.9

Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.

Your location

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