The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 11, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% 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
5:56 PM
2:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1060
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.48° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.42° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.