The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Waning Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
4:55 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1109
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.18° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.01° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.