The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2026
Waxing Crescent
2.8% 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
8:47 AM
8:18 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1283
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 133.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.00° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.05° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.31° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.