The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 2173
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
9:38 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3101
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.0° / 117.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.30° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.94° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.