The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
5:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 355.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.24° / 4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.84° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.