The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 11, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
71.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
1:29 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.7%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3039
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.11° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.31° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.22° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.