The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 1923
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
9:07 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 124.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.50° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.10° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.47° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.