The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 1979
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
12:56 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.93° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.72° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.