The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 1933
Last Quarter
52.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
2:58 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.3%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 132
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 57m / 27.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.94° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.94° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.