The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 PM
1:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 77.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.64° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.08° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.58° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.