The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 1942
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
8:34 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.1° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.51° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.89° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.