The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 1900
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:48 PM
10:21 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 308.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.71° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.58° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| 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.