The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 11, 1955
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
4:50 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 404
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.1° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 19.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.82° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.62° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.