The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
1:06 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -251
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 | 120.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 78.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.46° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.95° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.