The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1971
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
3:58 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 602
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 273.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 27.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.36° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.54° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.