The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
5:31 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 221.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 33m / 13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.97° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 6.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.24° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.