The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 13, 2178
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:25 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3163
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.48° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.29° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.0° |
| 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.