The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2071
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
10:02 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1839
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 | 215.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 299.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 7.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.41° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.27° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.71° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.