The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1963
Waning Crescent
26.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
4:51 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 503
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 | 297.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.6° / 254.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 13m / 22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.93° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.19° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.