The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1982
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 AM
4:46 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 738
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 | 295.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 256.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 06m / 22.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.23° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / -0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.00° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.