The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
1:30 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 112.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.07° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.46° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.