The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2011
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 PM
11:18 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 300.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.14° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.37° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.22° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.