The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 1992
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
7:43 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 186.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 324.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.46° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.91° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 28.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.