The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1912
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
7:39 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -127
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.9° / 144.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -4.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.69° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.20° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.