The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 1984
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 PM
8:13 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 308.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 22m / -2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.91° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.32° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.