The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
2:55 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3175
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.4° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -16.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.04° / 3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.03° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.