The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 1919
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
10:00 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -41
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 11.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.40° / 2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.70° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.