The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 PM
3:23 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.9° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -16.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.32° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.03° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.20° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| 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.