The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 1983
Waxing Crescent
35.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
11:19 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.63° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.43° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.13° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.