The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 2039
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
4:42 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1443
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 24.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.56° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.17° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| 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.