The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
10:33 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 111.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 50m / -19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.66° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.94° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.