The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
86.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
3:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3039
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 48m / -20.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.86° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.84° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.