The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 2108
Waxing Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2297
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 96.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -17.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.60° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.90° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.51° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.