The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 PM
2:15 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 924
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.77° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / -5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.65° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.