The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
4:26 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 17.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -12.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.86° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.02° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.