The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 2024
First Quarter
54.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:39 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 98.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -28.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.27° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.67° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.