The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2058
Waning Crescent
23.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 AM
5:23 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1678
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.2° / 252.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 24.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.26° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.97° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.