The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 2188
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3286
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.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 278.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 23.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.86° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.33° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| 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.