The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 2143
Waxing Crescent
16.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
9:49 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2730
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 116.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -14.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.61° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.00° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.