The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 11, 2102
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
7:09 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2222
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 160.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 5.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.87° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.22° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.