The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 1917
Waning Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
4:19 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.8° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 55m / 19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.92° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.73° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.