The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2012
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 AM
8:17 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 134.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -9.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.25° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / 4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.61° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.