The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
1:11 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 247.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 24.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.12° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.08° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.