The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
2:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 58.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.01° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.85° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.