The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2116
Waxing Crescent
37.7% 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
1:52 PM
11:04 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2396
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 | 75.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 106.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -24.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.73° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.39° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.93° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.