The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 1938
Waning Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
10:01 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 213.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 304.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 21m / 11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.90° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.50° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.