The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2015
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
7:27 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 154.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.93° / -1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.18° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.