The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
2:59 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1629
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.1° / 50.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.31° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.46° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.