The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2011
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
10:20 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 305.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 14.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.32° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.04° / -1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.