The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2002
Waxing Crescent
38.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:42 PM
11:27 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.2%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 986
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 | 76.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.8° / 102.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -20.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.95° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.53° / -0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.33° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.