The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 2077
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
5:52 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.5° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.69° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.79° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.