The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2109
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
10:13 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2309
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 | 217.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 7.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.54° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.09° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.