The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1935
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
6:50 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 157
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 332.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.38° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.62° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.47° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.