The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 11, 2072
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
7:28 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1851
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.65° / -0.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.38° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.