The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 2078
Waxing Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
10:50 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1926
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.54° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.34° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.