The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 1931
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 AM
7:45 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 107
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.61° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.61° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.