The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:05 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 21.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.06° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.24° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.