The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 1988
Waxing Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
8:15 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 813
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 | 15.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -4.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.00° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.71° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.