The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 11, 2174
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
7:26 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3113
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:17 AM, is deepest at 3:01 AM and ends at 4:45 AM. Totality lasts from 2:16 AM to 3:47 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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Mercury 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 | 185.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 320.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.44° / 0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.55° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.