The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 1939
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
7:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 206
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 163.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.51° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.17° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.