The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
6:07 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 168.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 343.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.10° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.