The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:43 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.17° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.47° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.