The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 13, 2142
Waning Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
3:20 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2717
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 268.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.22° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.35° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.