The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 1977
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
7:15 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 158.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 4.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.72° / -2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.77° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.