The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
12:22 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 788
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 | 107.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.0° / 89.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -28.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.43° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.56° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.08° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.