The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1903
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
11:37 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 293.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 15.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.43° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.42° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.