The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2011
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
1:11 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 288.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.95° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.59° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.