The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2080
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 AM
7:24 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1950
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 | 345.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 160.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.79° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.35° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.95° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.