The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
9:22 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 311.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.48° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.58° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.86° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.