The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Waxing Crescent
16.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
9:42 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 118.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.25° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.16° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.