The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 PM
6:03 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1431
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -11.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.26° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.28° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.