The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 11, 2166
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 PM
8:55 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3014
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.2° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.45° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.14° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.