The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
2:31 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 125.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.9° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.99° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.27° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.