The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 2112
Last Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2346
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 19.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.35° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.11° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.