The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1942
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
9:08 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 244
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 | 24.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 123.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -2.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.90° / 3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.66° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.