The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 11, 1986
First Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 788
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.21° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.28° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.