The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 1995
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 PM
10:45 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 223.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 297.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 11.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.44° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.67° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.