The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 2045
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
7:56 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1518
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.8° / 140.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -1.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.82° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.74° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.