The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
2:11 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 355
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 63.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.88° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.83° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.