The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 PM
12:37 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 88.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 36m / -27.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.02° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.27° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.