The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 1957
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
9:25 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 429
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 | 206.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 8.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.51° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.11° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.