The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 1979
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 262.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.19° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.91° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.