The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 2040
Waxing Crescent
34.6% 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
1:24 PM
11:04 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.39° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.73° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.