The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 2021
Waxing Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
10:37 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1221
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 108.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 12m / -16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.17° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.75° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.