The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2126
Waning Crescent
24.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 AM
4:40 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.1%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 379,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2519
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 16.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.22° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.42° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.