The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 11, 2129
Waning Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
6:59 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2556
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 56m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.43° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.36° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.