The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Waxing Crescent
11.3% 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
10:16 AM
9:51 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.3%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 38.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.71° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.44° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.63° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.