The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 273.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.64° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.37° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.