The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 11, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 PM
1:17 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 924
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 76.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.83° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.83° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| 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.