The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
8:07 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1048
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 | 12.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 136.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / -2.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.26° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.13° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 304.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.