The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1937
First Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 182
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.8° / 96.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.22° / 0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.89° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.