The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 1953
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
8:54 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 380
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 125.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.99° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.36° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.41° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.