The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
5:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 256
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.3° / 353.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 03m / -13.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.27° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.05° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.