The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 1916
Waning Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
7:03 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -78
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 338.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 56m / 4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -5.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.