The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 2021
Waxing Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
11:17 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1221
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 | 74.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 104.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -20.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.39° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.79° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.54° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.