The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 12, 2063
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
11:54 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1740
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 | 233.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 298.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 37m / 20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.26° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.31° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.