The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 12, 2088
Waning Crescent
7.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
6:06 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2049
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.8° / 198.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.36° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.26° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.