The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
5:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1901
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 346.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.47° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.86° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.