The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
59.6% 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
3:26 PM
12:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -19.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.98° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.33° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.