The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
2:51 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -16
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 | 129.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 53.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 58m / -15.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.51° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.66° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.