The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 2002
Waxing Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
10:47 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 986
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 | 63.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 107.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.92° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.55° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.