The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
5:46 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 961
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 | 166.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 337.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -12.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.90° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.65° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.