The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1976
Waning Gibbous
85.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 PM
11:01 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.66° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.06° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.