The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 2043
First Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1493
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 | 91.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -28.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.19° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.07° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.