The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 2162
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 AM
9:06 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2965
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 124.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -9.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.32° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.43° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.