The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 11, 2087
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
5:56 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2037
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 346.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -4.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.55° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.66° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.8° |
| 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.