The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 11, 2170
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
8:47 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3064
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,900 km.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 21m / 2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.73° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.09° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.