The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 2060
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
8:27 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1703
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 309.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 1.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.18° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.30° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.