The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
2:19 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3039
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 | 126.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -21.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.93° / -1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.03° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.