The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2052
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
11:07 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1604
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.3° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 11.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.56° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.19° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.07° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.