The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 1976
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
10:05 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 302.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 10.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.84° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.88° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.