The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 2166
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
10:08 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3014
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 | 217.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 6.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.45° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.32° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.