The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2009
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 277.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 26.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.47° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.46° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.16° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.