The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2903
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -27.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.77° / -3.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.44° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| 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.