The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 1955
Waning Crescent
15.5% 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
3:05 AM
5:30 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 404
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 227.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.91° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.84° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.