The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 12, 2167
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
7:42 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3026
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 153.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 10.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.85° / 3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.00° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.