The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1926
Waxing Crescent
25.3% 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
12:08 PM
10:47 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 46
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 60.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.35° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.33° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.