The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 11, 2089
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2062
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 13m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.73° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.10° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.