The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 2055
Waning Gibbous
65.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
1:06 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1641
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus 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 | 252.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 280.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 04m / 15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.11° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.91° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.