The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 2017
Waning Gibbous
68.1% 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
11:26 PM
12:47 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1171
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 | 248.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 48m / 14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.94° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.33° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.