The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 2059
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
10:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1691
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 109.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.45° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.14° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.