The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
8:57 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 126.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 51m / -13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.75° / -2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.38° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.