The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1936
Waning Crescent
9.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
6:02 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 325.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 205.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.72° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.58° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.26° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.