The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 12, 2056
Waxing Crescent
11.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
9:52 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.8%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -6.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.46° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.03° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.