The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2020
Waning Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
4:56 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1208
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 | 296.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 257.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 24.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.91° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.60° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.