The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Waning Crescent
40.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
3:41 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.6%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 280.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 269.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 23.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.91° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.40° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.58° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.