The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Waning Gibbous
76.1% 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
10:25 PM
12:07 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 16.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.16° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -1.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.77° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.