The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
5:28 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1196
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 | 163.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 342.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -13.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.03° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.06° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.