The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
1:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2235
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.5° / 77.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -22.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.40° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.01° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.