The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 11, 1938
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
8:58 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 311.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.85° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.32° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.