The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
97.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
5:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.2%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 726
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 348.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 15m / -13.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.82° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.44° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.