The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
1:29 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1963
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 | 119.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.0° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -26.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.52° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.28° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.