The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 2146
First Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2767
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.35° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.68° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.