The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 1980
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
9:38 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 714
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -5.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.51° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.68° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.03° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.