The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
12:21 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.9° / 90.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -27.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.69° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / 6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.67° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.