The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 2004
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
7:14 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1010
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.4° / 174.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 04m / 16.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.22° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.91° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.