The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 1908
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
7:15 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -177
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -2.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.82° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.