The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 2110
Waning Crescent
2.7% 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
5:23 AM
7:07 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2321
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.0° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.75° / 0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.78° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.