The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 11, 1977
Waning Crescent
3.5% 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
5:17 AM
6:41 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 676
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 8.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.50° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.54° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.