The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 1941
Waning Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
1:30 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 231
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 | 257.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 278.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.88° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.50° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.