The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 7, 2012
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
1:56 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.82° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.17° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.