The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 1944
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
4:37 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 268
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.3° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.26° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.58° / 1.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.38° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.