The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
87.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
3:49 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.4%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1110
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -9.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.63° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.79° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.