The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 2012
Waxing Crescent
37.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
11:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.1%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 103.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -21.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.94° / 1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.73° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.