The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% 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
5:10 PM
2:20 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -19.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.59° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.39° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.