The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 2068
Full Moon
99.8% 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
7:30 PM
7:02 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -0.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.97° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 319.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.