The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1953
Waxing Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
9:23 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 380
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 | 47.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.4° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.94° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.18° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.